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Romanian tennis players Monica Niculescu and Irina Begu qualified on Thursday for the second round of the women's doubles event at Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, defeating in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, the pair made up of Daria Kasatkina (Russia) / Anett Kontaveit (Estonia).
Andreea Mitu (Romania) / Pauline Parmentier (France) were defeated in the inaugural round, 6-4, 6-2, by the American pairing Danielle Collins / Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Romanian tennis player Marius Copil stopped in the first round also at the doubles event in Wimbledon, where he made a pair with the French Ugo Humbert.
On Thursday night, the two were defeated in four sets, 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-0, after two hours and 28 minutes of play, by the pair made up of British Andy Murray and French Pierre-Hugues Herbert, at the end of a match attended by 10,000 spectators.
For their participation in this round, Copil and Humbert were rewarded with a cheque of 12,000 pounds and 10 ATP points at doubles.
